Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council.

• The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press/Raincoast)
• Surprise Me, Sophie Kinsella (Dial Press/PRHC)
• White Houses, Amy Bloom (Random House Canada)
• Cut You Down, Sam Wiebe (Random House Canada)
• The Gone World, Tom Sweterlitsch (Putnam/PRHC)
• A Long Way from Home, Peter Carey (Random House Canada)
• The Undertaker’s Daughter, Sara Blaedel (Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group Canada)
• The Bad Daughter, Joy Fielding (Doubleday Canada)
• Sadness is a White Bird, Moriel Rothman-Zecher (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster Canada)
• Wisdom in Nonsense, Heather O’Neill (University of Alberta Press)

Visit LoanStars.ca for more great book recommendations and information about how publishers and library staff can get involved.